Slackware

The original Linux distribution, geared towards power and stability.

http://www.slackware.com

Vagrant on Slackware 14 32 bit

Ruby version: ruby 1.9.3p429 (2013-05-15 revision 40747) [x86_64-linux]

VirtualBox version, Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager 4.2.8

Install Vagrant from source

Based on https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/wiki/Installing-Vagrant-from-source

As root run the following:

• cd /tmp
• mkdir gitVagrant
• cd gitVagrant

• git clone https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant.git

• cd vagrant
• git pull origin master #get latest version
• #git reset a40522f5fabccb9ddabad03d836e120ff5d14093 --hard # reset to v1.3.5
• git reset 7ec0ee1d00a916f80b109a298bab08e391945243 --hard #reset to v1.2.7
• gem install bundle #it may not be installed
• bundle install
• rake install
• gem list
• gem uninstall vagrant #uninstall other old gems
• vagrant -v #check vagrant version

Install VirtualBox on Slackware 14 32 bit

Get VirtualBox 4.2.8 for Linux, i386, all distributions http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.8/VirtualBox-4.2.8-83876-Linux_x86.run.

For 4.2.18 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88781-Linux_x86.run

As root run the following commands:

• cd <place where the downloaded virtualbox installer is>

• chmod 755 VirtualBox-4.2.8-83876-Linux_x86.run

• ./VirtualBox-4.2.8-83876-Linux_x86.run

• usermod -a -G vboxusers <username>

• id <username> #check user groups

As a normal user run the following:

• virtualbox --help # check the version and parameters
• virtualbox #start virtualbox

Get and run a base box - Ubuntu Lucid32

In http://www.vagrantbox.es/ there is a list of available vagrant boxes.

As normal user run the following

• mkdir -p /tmp/vgbox
• cd /tmp/vgbox

• wget http://files.vagrantup.com/lucid32.box #Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

• vagrant box add UbuntuLucid32 lucid32.box

• vagrant init UbuntuLucid32

• vagrant up
• vagrant ssh #access the VM through SSH
• ping www.sapo.pt #inside VM ... does not reply
• exit
• vagrant suspend

Run the following as stated in http://serverfault.com/questions/453185/vagrant-virtualbox-dns-10-0-2-3-not-working:

• VBoxManage list vms
• VBoxManage modifyvm "vgbox_1372194938" --natdnsproxy1 on
• VBoxManage modifyvm "vgbox_1372194938" --natdnshostresolver1 on
• vagrant resume
• vagrant ssh
• ping www.sapo.pt # OK ! it gets ping replies
• dpkg -l | more # show all installed packages

Running cat /etc/debian_version show its based on squeeze/sid.

Running cat /etc/issue.net show it's Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/.

Current user and pass for the lucid32 box is vagrant vagrant. To get superuser access run sudo bash.

Inspecting the file /etc/shadow we can see that only the user vagrant has a password defined.

In /etc/sudoers it is said that all users belonging to group can gain root privileges with supplying a password.

In /etc/group it is stated that vagrant belongs to the admin group.

Ubuntu Precise32

In http://www.vagrantbox.es/ there is a list of available vagrant boxes.

As normal user run the following

• mkdir -p ~/Downloads/vagrantBoxes/
• cd ~/Downloads/vagrantBoxes/

• wget http://files.vagrantup.com/precise32.box #Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

• mkdir -p /tmp/precise32
• cd /tmp/precise32

• vagrant box add UbuntuPrecise32 ~/Downloads/vagrantBoxes/precise32.box

• vagrant init UbuntuPrecise32

• vagrant up
• vagrant ssh #access the VM through SSH
• ping www.sapo.pt
• exit
• vagrant suspend

Slackware NAT router with Pen 3G

Configure Slackware PC to share a 3G internet connection (TMN portuguese ISP).

Internet connection

The used APN is internet.

There is no PIN defined in the used SIM card.

Edit /etc/ppp/peers/tmnpub

• /dev/ttyUSB0
• 460800
• connect 'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chat/tmnpub'
• defaultroute
• usepeerdns

Edit /etc/ppp/chat/tmnpub

• ABORT 'BUSY'
• ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
• ABORT 'ERROR'
• ABORT 'SIM PIN'
• ABORT 'SIM PUK'

• '' AT

• OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"
• OK AT+CPIN?
• READY ATDT*99#
• CONNECT

To connect to the internet we must use the command:

• pppd call tmnpub

Using the command ifconfig we should see the device ppp0 in the output.

Issuing a command ping www.google.com we should get a reply with the IP address from Google.

Configure NAT (Network Address Translation) router

Translate internal network addresses (source address) to a public/usable IP address given to the 3G modem.

View the routing table:

• route -n

It should appear the devices ppp0 and eth0, and based on the Destination and Netmask the destination interface.

Enable IP forwarding:

• echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Configure iptables to translate the address after they are forwarded to the correct interface, from eth0 to ppp0:

• iptables -F
• iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE

To view the iptables configuration run the commands:

• iptables -L -t nat -v
• iptables -L -t filter -v

#script
#Enable IP forwarding:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
#Configure iptables to translate the address after they are forwarded to the correct interface, from eth0 to ppp0:
iptables -F
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE

Configure client computer

The routing table must be configure to use the NAT on Slackware, that will act as a router.

Check the current default gateway:

• route -n

The line with destination equal to 0.0.0.0 and gateway 0.0.0.0, is the default router/gateway and must be deleted. We must run a command to do that, adapted to the current situation:

• route del -net 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.1.1

The previous command is to delete a route with destination 0.0.0.0 and gateway 192.168.1.1.

If the NAT router have the IP 192.168.1.123 then the following command must be sent:

• route add default gw 192.168.1.123
• route -n

After that running route -n should return a line with:

• Gateway: 192.168.1.123
• Netmask: 0.0.0.0
• Destination: 0.0.0.0
• Iface: eth0

Running a ping www.google.com from the client computer should return the IP address from Google.

Running a traceroute www.google.com should show the IP address from the NAT router.

Windows

• route print
• route delete 0.0.0.0
• route add 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.123

Generic kernel

The “generic” kernel on the other hand, is a kernel which has virtually no drivers built in. All drivers will be loaded into RAM on demand.

#/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh
#
# mkinitrd_command_generator.sh revision 1.45
#
# This script will now make a recommendation about the command to use
# in case you require an initrd image to boot a kernel that does not
# have support for your storage or root filesystem built in
# (such as the Slackware 'generic' kernels').
# A suitable 'mkinitrd' command will be:

mkinitrd -c -k 3.2.45-smp -f ext4 -r /dev/sda1 -m usb-storage:ehci-hcd:usbhid:uhci-hcd:mbcache:jbd2:ext4 -u -o /boot/initrd.gz
# Add to /etc/lilo.conf
image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-3.2.45-smp
  initrd = /boot/initrd.gz # add this line so that lilo sees initrd.gz
  root = /dev/sda1
  label = SlackwareGeneric
  read-only
# run lilo -v

USB boot in VirtualBox

$VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI usbboot.img usbboot.vdi

Generic on Slackware64 14.0

• /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh
• mkinitrd -c -k 3.2.29 -f ext4 -r /dev/sda5 -m usbhid:ehci-hcd:mbcache:jbd2:ext4 -u -o /boot/initrd.gz

Add to /etc/lilo.conf

image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-3.2.29
  initrd = /boot/initrd.gz # add this line so that lilo sees initrd.gz
  root = /dev/sda5
  label = SlackGen
  read-only

• lilo -v

System V (Sys V) init

Slackware since 7.0 also allows Sys V inits.

Sample service /etc/init.d/blah:

   1 #! /bin/sh
   2 # /etc/init.d/blah
   3 #
   4 
   5 # Some things that run always
   6 touch /var/lock/blah
   7 
   8 # Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
   9 case "$1" in
  10   start)
  11     echo "Starting script blah "
  12     echo "Could do more here"
  13     ;;
  14   stop)
  15     echo "Stopping script blah"
  16     echo "Could do more here"
  17     ;;
  18   *)
  19     echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/blah {start|stop}"
  20     exit 1
  21     ;;
  22 esac
  23 
  24 exit 0

Mark script as executable:

• chmod 755 /etc/init.d/blah

Default runlevels (2 3 4 5):

• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc2.d/S99blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc2.d/K10blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc3.d/S99blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc3.d/K10blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc4.d/S99blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc4.d/K10blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc5.d/S99blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc5.d/K10blah

Check symbolic links:

• ls /etc/rc*.d

Sys V init for Python script

Sample service /etc/init.d/blah:

   1 #! /bin/sh
   2 # /etc/init.d/blah
   3 #
   4 
   5 # Some things that run always
   6 touch /var/lock/blah
   7 
   8 # Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
   9 case "$1" in
  10   start)
  11     logger "Starting beat.py"     
  12     echo   "Starting beat.py"
  13     /usr/bin/python /tmp/beat.py &
  14     ;;
  15   status)
  16     PID=`cat /var/run/beat.pid`
  17     logger "Process running with PID $PID"
  18     echo   "Process running with PID $PID"
  19     ;;    
  20   stop)
  21     PID=`cat /var/run/beat.pid`
  22     logger "Killing process with PID $PID"
  23     echo   "Killing process with PID $PID"
  24     kill -9 $PID
  25     rm /var/run/beat.pid
  26     ;;
  27   *)
  28     echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/blah {start|status|stop}"
  29     exit 1
  30     ;;
  31 esac
  32 
  33 exit 0

Mark script as executable:

• chmod 755 /etc/init.d/blah

Default runlevels (2 3 4 5):

• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc2.d/S99blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc2.d/K10blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc3.d/S99blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc3.d/K10blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc4.d/S99blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc4.d/K10blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc5.d/S99blah
• ln -s /etc/init.d/blah /etc/rc5.d/K10blah

Check symbolic links:

• ls /etc/rc*.d

Python /tmp/beat.py code:

   1 #!/usr/bin/python
   2 import threading
   3 import time
   4 import os
   5 import syslog
   6 import datetime
   7 
   8 class Beat(threading.Thread):
   9     def __init__(self):
  10         threading.Thread.__init__(self) #required
  11 
  12     def run(self):
  13         loop=True
  14         while loop:
  15             syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "Beat %s"%(datetime.datetime.now()) )
  16             time.sleep(5)
  17 
  18 if __name__=="__main__":
  19     f=open('/var/run/beat.pid','wa')
  20     f.write('%d'%(os.getpid()))
  21     f.close()
  22     os.getpid()
  23     b = Beat()
  24     b.start()

Packages updates

Check patches/packages and patches/PACKAGES.TXT for the desired Slackware version. URL for Slackware 14.0 ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/

Get packages to be updated

• cd ~/Downloads/slack14i386patches

• wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/PACKAGES.TXT

• cat PACKAGES.TXT | grep "PACKAGE NAME" | awk '//{print $3}'| sed 's/.txz//g' | xargs -i ls /var/log/packages/{} &> /tmp/out.txt ;mkdir -p /tmp/packages;cd /tmp/packages; cat /tmp/out.txt | grep cannot | awk '//{print $4}' | sed 's/\/var\/log\/packages\///g' | sed 's/://g' | xargs -i wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/{}.txz

Caching only nameserver/DNS server

• chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.bind

• Check the configuration with named-checkconf.

• Start the service with /etc/rc.d/rc.bind start

Edit /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 127.0.0.1

Edit /etc/named.conf

options {
 directory "/var/named";
 forwarders { 8.8.8.8; 8.8.4.4; };
};

// a caching only nameserver config
zone "." IN {
 type hint;
 file "caching-example/named.root";
};

zone "localhost" IN {
 type master;
 file "caching-example/localhost.zone";
 allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
 type master;
 file "caching-example/named.local";
 allow-update { none; };
};

logging {
  channel my_named_channel {
  file "/tmp/named.log";
  // syslog info;
  // Set the severity to dynamic to see all the debug messages.
  severity dynamic;
  print-time yes;
  print-severity yes;
  print-category yes;
 };
 category queries {   my_named_channel; };
 category client {   my_named_channel; };
 category default { default_syslog; };
};

Update bash on Slackware64 14

• wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/bash-4.2.048-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

• upgradepkg bash-4.2.048-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Upgrade from Slackware 14.0 to 14.1

• ctrl+alt+f1
• mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
• cd /mnt/cdrom
• cp slackware /root/ -r
• cd /root
• telninit 1
• login as root
• cd /root/slackware
• upgradepkg a/glibc-solibs-*.t?z
• upgradepkg a/pkgtools-*.tgz
• upgradepkg a/tar-*.tgz
• upgradepkg a/xz-*.tgz
• upgradepkg a/findutils-*.txz
• upgradepkg --install-new /root/slackware/*/*.t?z
• removepkg Terminal aumix kdegames kdemultimedia ksecrets mysql printer-applet quanta rexima scim-bridge xxgdb
• Check file /etc/lilo.conf to see which old kernel is used #/boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-3.2.45-smp
• /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -k 3.10.17-smp | bash
• In /etc/lilo.conf use image=/boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-3.10.17-smp
• lilo -v
• telinit 3
• reboot
• After the reboot shows the kernel version 3.10.17
• In /etc/rc.d/rc.local add modprobe snd_mixer_oss

Get patches for Slackware 14.1

• Check patches/packages and patches/PACKAGES.TXT for the desired Slackware version.

• URL for Slackware 14.1 ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/

Get packages to be updated

• mkdir -p ~/Downloads/slack14_1i386patches
• cd ~/Downloads/slack14_1i386patches

• wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/PACKAGES.TXT

cat PACKAGES.TXT | grep "PACKAGE NAME" | awk '//{print $3}'| sed 's/.txz//g' | xargs -i ls /var/log/packages/{} &> /tmp/out.txt ;mkdir -p /tmp/packages;cd /tmp/packages; cat /tmp/out.txt | grep cannot | awk '//{print $4}' | sed 's/\/var\/log\/packages\///g' | sed 's/://g' | xargs -i wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/{}.txz

• cd /tmp/packages
• mv * ~/Downloads/slack14_1i386patches

Upgrade from 14.1 to 14.2

Get and burn ISO

• wget http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware-iso/slackware-14.2-iso/slackware-14.2-install-dvd.iso

• modprobe sg # fpr cdrecord
• cdrecord -scanbus #identify the device DVDRAM LG GP08NU6B
• cdrecord -dev=6,0,0 -pad -data slackware-14.2-install-dvd.iso
• # eject the DVD after burning
• cd /
• mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom #check DVD
• cd /mnt/cdrom
• ls
• cd /
• umount /mnt/cdrom

Upgrade script

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 #CURRDIR=`cd`
   3 CURRDIR=`pwd`
   4 URL=http://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2
   5 PACKAGEURL=packagesUrl.txt  
   6 LOCATIONS=locations.txt
   7 
   8 # get packages
   9 function getpackages
  10 {
  11   cd /tmp
  12   mkdir -p slack14_2
  13   cd slack14_2
  14   wget $URL/UPGRADE.TXT
  15   wget $URL/slackware/PACKAGES.TXT
  16   cat PACKAGES.TXT | grep 'NAME\|LOCATION' | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/PACKAGE NAME:/\n/g' | sed 's/PACKAGE LOCATION://g' | awk '/slackware/{print $2 , "/" , $1}' | sed 's/ \/ /\//g' | sort  | sed "s/\.\/slack/http:\/\/ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/pub\/slackware\/slackware-14.2\/slack/g" > $PACKAGEURL
  17 
  18   cat PACKAGES.TXT | grep 'LOCATION' | sort | uniq | sed "s/PACKAGE LOCATION:  \.//g" > $LOCATIONS
  19   cat $PACKAGEURL  | xargs -i wget {}
  20 }
  21 
  22 # upgrade stuff
  23 function upgrade
  24 {  
  25   # must be in single user mode !!!
  26   # telinit 1
  27   cd /tmp/slack14_2
  28   echo Backup /etc
  29   tar cvzf backetc14_3.tgz /etc
  30   
  31   echo Initial install 
  32   upgradepkg glibc-solibs-*.txz
  33   upgradepkg pkgtools-*.txz
  34   upgradepkg tar-*.txz
  35   upgradepkg xz-*.txz
  36   upgradepkg findutils-*.txz
  37   
  38   echo Install other stuff
  39   upgradepkg --install-new *.t?z
  40 
  41   echo Remove old packages 
  42   removepkg ConsoleKit apmd bluez-hcidump cxxlibs foomatic-filters gnome-icon-theme imlib kdeadmin kdenetwork kdesdk kdetoys kwallet lesstif libelf libjpeg libxfcegui4 networkmanagement obex-data-server obexfs open-cobol oxygen-gtk3 phonon-mplayer phonon-xine pil portmap procps qca-cyrus-sasl qca-gnupg qca-ossl udev xchat xf86-input-aiptek  xf86-video-modesetting xfce4-mixer xfce4-volumed xfwm4-themes
  43 
  44   echo Configure kernel
  45   /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -k 4.4.14-smp | bash
  46  
  47   echo Check lilo.conf to point to 4.4.14-smp in image=
  48   cat /etc/lilo.conf | grep image
  49   echo Run lilo
  50   lilo
  51   echo Probable error above if image does not have the kernel 4.4.14-smp
  52   telinit 3
  53   # reboot 
  54   # in case of problems to get a login in lilo after '''boot: SlackwareGen single''' to start in single user mode
  55   # /etc/rc.d/rc.modules should point to rc.modules.new to use modules for 4.4.14
  56 }
  57 
  58 upgrade
  59 echo $CURRDIR
  60 cd $CURRDIR

Chromium

• cd /tmp

• wget https://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.2/development/ninja.tar.gz

• tar xvzf ninja.tar.gz
• cd ninja

• wget https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.7.1.tar.gz

• ./ninja.SlackBuild

• installpkg /tmp/ninja-1.7.1-i486-1_SBo.tgz
• cd ..

• wget https://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.2/network/chromium.tar.gz

• tar xvzf chromium.tar.gz
• cd chromium

• wget https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/chromium-48.0.2564.97.tar.xz #about 413MB

• ./chromium.SlackBuild

VirtualBox

• wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.4/VirtualBox-5.1.4-110228-Linux_x86.run

As root run the following commands:

• cd <place where the downloaded virtualbox installer is>

• chmod 755 VirtualBox-5.1.4-110228-Linux_x86.run

• ./VirtualBox-5.1.4-110228-Linux_x86.run

• usermod -a -G vboxusers <username>

• id <username> #check user groups

As a normal user run the following:

• virtualbox --help # check the version and parameters
• virtualbox #start virtualbox

BSD init script

/etc/rc.d/rc.beat #chmod 755 rc.beat

   1 #! /bin/sh
   2 # /etc/rc.d/rc.beat
   3 #
   4 PROC_NAME=beat
   5 touch /var/lock/beat
   6 
   7 case "$1" in
   8   start)
   9     logger "Starting ${PROC_NAME}"     
  10     echo   "Starting ${PROC_NAME}"
  11     /usr/bin/python /tmp/${PROC_NAME}.py &
  12     ;;
  13   status)
  14     PID=$(cat /var/run/beat.pid)
  15     logger "${PROC_NAME} running with PID $PID"
  16     echo   "${PROC_NAME} running with PID $PID"
  17     ;;    
  18   stop)
  19     PID=$(cat /var/run/beat.pid)
  20     logger "Killing ${PROC_NAME} with PID $PID"
  21     echo   "Killing ${PROC_NAME} with PID $PID"
  22     kill -9 $PID
  23     rm /var/run/beat.pid
  24     ;;
  25   *)
  26     echo "Usage: /etc/rc.d/beat {start|status|stop}"
  27     exit 1
  28     ;;
  29 esac
  30 
  31 exit 0

/tmp/beat.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/python
   2 import threading
   3 import time
   4 import os
   5 import syslog
   6 import datetime
   7 
   8 class Beat(threading.Thread):
   9     def __init__(self):
  10         threading.Thread.__init__(self) #required
  11 
  12     def run(self):
  13         loop=True
  14         while loop:
  15             syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "Beat %s"%(datetime.datetime.now()) )
  16             time.sleep(5)
  17 
  18 if __name__=="__main__":
  19     f=open('/var/run/beat.pid','wa')
  20     f.write('%d'%(os.getpid()))
  21     f.close()
  22     os.getpid()
  23     b = Beat()
  24     b.start()

Pidgin-sipe build for Slackware 14.2

• cd /tmp

• wget https://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.2/network/pidgin-sipe.tar.gz

• tar xvzf pidgin-sipe.tar.gz
• cd pidgin-sipe

• wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sipe/pidgin-sipe-1.21.1.tar.xz

• ./pidgin-sipe.SlackBuild

• installpkg /tmp/pidgin-sipe-1.21.1-i586-1_SBo.tgz

Slackbuild pidgin-sipe-1.21.1-i586-1_SBo.tgz

pidgin-skype slackbuild

• cd /tmp

• wget https://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.2/libraries/json-glib.tar.gz

• tar xvzf json-glib.tar.gz
• cd json-glib

• wget http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/json-glib/1.0/json-glib-1.0.4.tar.xz

• ./json-glib.SlackBuild

• installpkg /tmp/json-glib-1.0.4-i486-1_SBo.tgz
• cd /tmp

• wget https://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.2/network/pidgin-skypeweb.tar.gz

• tar xvzf pidgin-skypeweb.tar.gz
• cd pidgin-skypeweb

• wget https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/archive/1.1.tar.gz

• ./pidgin-skypeweb.SlackBuild

• installpkg /tmp/pidgin-skypeweb-1.1-i486-1_SBo.tgz

Slackbuils json-glib-1.0.4-i486-1_SBo.tgz pidgin-skypeweb-1.1-i486-1_SBo.tgz json-glib-1.0.4-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz pidgin-skypeweb-1.1-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz

Get patches for Slackware 14.2

• Check patches/packages and patches/PACKAGES.TXT for the desired Slackware version.

• URL for Slackware 14.2 ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/

Get packages to be updated

• URL_PATCHES=ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches

• mkdir -p ~/Downloads/slack14_2i386patches
• cd ~/Downloads/slack14_2i386patches
• rm PACKAGES.TXT
• wget $URL_PATCHES/PACKAGES.TXT
• head PACKAGES.TXT
• rm /tmp/packages/*

• cat PACKAGES.TXT | grep "PACKAGE NAME" | awk '//{print $3}'| sed 's/.txz//g' | xargs -i ls /var/log/packages/{} &> /tmp/outpatches.txt ;mkdir -p /tmp/packages;cd /tmp/packages; cat /tmp/outpatches.txt | grep cannot | awk '//{print $4}' | sed 's/\/var\/log\/packages\///g' | sed 's/://g' | sed "s/'//g" | xargs -i wget $URL_PATCHES/packages/{}.txz

• cd /tmp/packages
• su # run as root the upgradepkg
• ls *.txz | xargs -i upgradepkg {}
• exit # return to normal user
• mv * ~/Downloads/slack14_2i386patches

Update kernel (4.4.14 to 4.4.172)

   1 function get_packages
   2 {
   3   cd /tmp/packages
   4   wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.172/kernel-firmware-20190118_a8b75ca-noarch-1.txz
   5   wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.172/kernel-generic-4.4.172-i586-1.txz
   6   wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.172/kernel-generic-smp-4.4.172_smp-i686-1.txz
   7   wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.172/kernel-headers-4.4.172_smp-x86-1.txz
   8   wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.172/kernel-huge-4.4.172-i586-1.txz
   9   wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.172/kernel-huge-smp-4.4.172_smp-i686-1.txz
  10   wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.172/kernel-modules-4.4.172-i586-1.txz
  11   wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.172/kernel-modules-smp-4.4.172_smp-i686-1.txz
  12   wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/linux-4.4.172/kernel-source-4.4.172_smp-noarch-1.txz
  13 }
  14 
  15 function update
  16 {
  17   cp /etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo.conf.old20190222
  18   ls /boot
  19   cd /tmp/packages
  20   upgradepkg kernel-*.txz
  21   # uname -a says that it has a SMP kernel
  22   /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -k 4.4.172-smp | bash
  23   ls /boot
  24   cat /etc/lilo.conf | grep image
  25   echo "Check content, image should have kernel 4.4.172"
  26   read
  27   echo "Going to execute lilo"
  28   lilo
  29   mv *.txz /home/user/Downloads/slack14_2i386patches
  30 }
  31 
  32 #get_packages
  33 update

/etc/dhclient.conf

# dhclient.conf
#
# Configuration file for ISC dhclient (see 'man dhclient.conf')
#
send host-name = "hostx"